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Minnesota-Wisconsin
Minnesota and Wisconsin have met 134 times since 1890. This page keeps the record, streaks, trophy context, and recent results in one canonical rivalry URL.
Series snapshot
- Record
- 61-63-8
- Current streak
- Minnesota 1 game
- Longest streak
- Wisconsin 14 games (2004-2017)
- Avg. margin / points
- 13.6 / 34.4
Series overview
Minnesota 61-63-8 Wisconsin. Current streak: Minnesota 1 game.
Last five meetings
Minnesota 3 | Wisconsin 2
Largest margin
54 points
Rivalry notes
- The tracked window runs from 1890 through 2024.
- 132 completed games currently back the series calculations on this page.
- The latest tracked meeting was Nov 29, 2024.
Related pages
Move from rivalry history into team-level seasons, rosters, and archives.
Rivalry guide
What this rivalry is
Minnesota and Wisconsin have a tracked series that starts in 1890 and spans 134 listed meetings. The page combines series record, streaks, recent games, and research links in one canonical rivalry URL.
Paul Bunyan's Axe gives this matchup a named trophy context in addition to the team-by-team series record.
Series history
- Status
- Active series
- Years
- 1890-2024
- Busiest era
- 1910s, 10 games
- Longest pause
- 1 years (1905-1907)
- 1910s10 games
- 1920s10 games
- 1930s10 games
- 1940s10 games
Biggest games and recent trend
Landmark games are selected from the same tracked rivalry results used for the series record.
4 featured games
Latest meeting
2024 - Nov 29, 2024
Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7. Most recent completed chapter in the tracked series.
Closest finish
1956 - Nov 24, 1956
Minnesota 13, Wisconsin 13. The smallest final-score margin in the available game log.
Highest scoring
2002 - Nov 23, 2002
Minnesota 31, Wisconsin 49. The biggest combined scoring total in the available game log.
Largest margin
1916 - Nov 18, 1916
Minnesota 54, Wisconsin 0. The widest final-score gap in the available game log.
Recent trend
- Last five
- Minnesota 3, Wisconsin 2 across 5 games
- Last ten
- Minnesota 4, Wisconsin 6 across 10 games
- Scoring profile
- Lower-scoring recent history; average total 34.4, average margin 13.6.
- Current streak
- Minnesota 1 game
Players and coaches from recent chapters
Recent leaders are capped to keep the page fast while still pointing readers toward the names around recent meetings.
Daniel Jackson
Minnesota, 2024
Receiving Yards: 863
Darius Taylor
Minnesota, 2024
Rushing Yards: 986
Max Brosmer
Minnesota, 2024
Passing Yards: 2829
Braedyn Locke
Wisconsin, 2024
Passing Yards: 1936
Tawee Walker
Wisconsin, 2024
Rushing Yards: 864
Vinny Anthony
Wisconsin, 2024
Receiving Yards: 672
Coach context
Coach rows summarize recent rivalry-season overlap for each program.
P.J. Fleck
Minnesota - 2020-2024 - 35-24
Luke Fickell
Wisconsin - 2022-2024 - 13-13
Paul Chryst
Wisconsin - 2020-2022 - 15-10
Jim Leonhard
Wisconsin - 2022 - 4-3
Weather, rankings, and research links
5 recent rivalry games have weather context, average temperature 36F, 1 windy.
Both teams appeared together in a poll snapshot in 2 of the recent tracked rivalry seasons.
Minnesota team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Wisconsin team page
Team history, seasons, roster context, and related data views.
Minnesota season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Wisconsin season results
Season-by-season schedules, records, rankings, and game links.
Minnesota weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Wisconsin weather
Weather impact for games involving this program.
Game stats archive
Search box scores and detailed game stat pages.
Rankings
Poll and ranking context around rivalry seasons.
College football records
National record and history context.
Historical comparison
Compare program seasons and statistical profiles.
Recent rivalry results
The latest games are rendered in the page HTML so search engines and readers can see the rivalry's recent chapter without client-side interaction.
10 most recent tracked games
| Date | Matchup | Score | Venue | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 29, 2024 | Minnesota at Wisconsin | Minnesota 24, Wisconsin 7 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Nov 25, 2023 | Wisconsin at Minnesota | Minnesota 14, Wisconsin 28 | Venue unavailable | Wisconsin |
| Nov 26, 2022 | Minnesota at Wisconsin | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 16 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Nov 27, 2021 | Wisconsin at Minnesota | Minnesota 23, Wisconsin 13 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Dec 19, 2020 | Minnesota at Wisconsin | Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 20 | Venue unavailable | Wisconsin |
| Nov 30, 2019 | Wisconsin at Minnesota | Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 38 | Venue unavailable | Wisconsin |
| Nov 24, 2018 | Minnesota at Wisconsin | Minnesota 37, Wisconsin 15 | Venue unavailable | Minnesota |
| Nov 25, 2017 | Wisconsin at Minnesota | Minnesota 0, Wisconsin 31 | Venue unavailable | Wisconsin |
| Nov 26, 2016 | Minnesota at Wisconsin | Minnesota 17, Wisconsin 31 | Venue unavailable | Wisconsin |
| Nov 28, 2015 | Wisconsin at Minnesota | Minnesota 21, Wisconsin 31 | Venue unavailable | Wisconsin |
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